What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Benin and Equatorial Guinea?

6.7 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Equatorial Guinea?

43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Benin vs Equatorial Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

Benin

74.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Equatorial Guinea

68 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Benin rank

12th

Equatorial Guinea rank

14th

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time

Benin
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Benin currently reports 74.7 per 1,000 live births against 68 per 1,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 6.7 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 12th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 3 and Equatorial Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1980s	189.31 per 1,000 live births	186.7 per 1,000 live births	2.61 per 1,000 live births	Benin
1990s	153.96 per 1,000 live births	169.37 per 1,000 live births	15.41 per 1,000 live births	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	121.59 per 1,000 live births	134.29 per 1,000 live births	12.7 per 1,000 live births	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	97.27 per 1,000 live births	94.2 per 1,000 live births	3.07 per 1,000 live births	Benin
2020s	79.66 per 1,000 live births	72.84 per 1,000 live births	6.82 per 1,000 live births	Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Benin or Equatorial Guinea?: Benin, at 74.7 per 1,000 live births against 68 per 1,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Benin and Equatorial Guinea?: 6.7 per 1,000 live births, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Equatorial Guinea?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Benin and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Benin ranks 12th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 14th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.